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When the time comes to sell your franchise, how do you get the right price for it? Grant Garraway helps you draw up a plan

Simon Lord shares lessons learned from over 30 years of owning an independent small business

SEP 2019 - A large number of new franchises have launched on to the New Zealand market over the last five years. Simon Lord suggests some things to...

September 2025 - If you’ve ever dreamed of owning your own business, there are hundreds of different opportunities in New Zealand. Here’s a guide t...

August 2020 - A recent news story about a Bottle-O franchisee has again demonstrated the risk to franchise brands of franchisees breaching their em...

5 February 2026

An AU$29 million payout for up to 90,000 current and former KFC workers sets a precedent for other franchises in Australia. New Zealand operates un...

With lessons for buyers and sellers alike, the 2024 New Zealand Prospective Franchisee Research survey is the second in a series conducted by Franc...

20 October 2021 – The first Survey of Franchising since 2017 is happening right now, with franchisors across the country being asked to help create...

August 2018 – A recent news story about a franchisee who posted some ill-advised adverts on Facebook and the media storm that followed illustrates ...

22 October 2019 – An Employment Court ruling which has seen two former franchisees fined for serious employment law breaches has been applauded by ...

How have franchisees responded to the latest Level 4 and Level 3 restrictions? Estelle Logan of V.I.P. Home Services checked in to find out

May 2021 – After a year off, the Westpac New Zealand Franchise Awards are back for 2021 in a new format which makes entry easier and more attractiv...

Commerce Commission sees potential for over $250m reduction in payment fees for New Zealanders.

25 June 2020 – Franchisees could lose their businesses and staff their jobs after long-awaited rent relief legislation delayed again

Franchising isn’t all about owner/operators and small business. In this 2015 article, Simon Lord talked to some of the franchisees taking the oppor...

2 June 2020 - BurgerFuel has joined forces with Al Brown & Co. to create a limited edition burger with some New York deli flavour

Franchisors, franchisees, and anyone interested in learning more about franchising are all welcome to a franchise networking event being run in Wel...

March 2024 – The first Franchise Lending Summit in New Zealand is taking place in Auckland on Thursday 14 March

From the archives June 2013 - McDonald’s are looking to dominate a new market by bringing back one of NZ’s best-loved brands. Simon Lord takes a de...

How can you best prepare for running your own business? Lorraine Lord takes some advice

It was all change at the Westpac New Zealand Franchise Awards this year as Carpet One and Fonterra Brands (Anchor) came through to take the Supreme...

Do recent IRD statistics on 'self-employment' income levels tell the whole story?

1 September 2022 - Senior New Zealand franchisors are being invited to attend the Franchisor Executive Forum In Melbourne, Australia, on 27 September.

24 May 2024 – Franchise New Zealand is very sorry to learn of the death of Al Dunn, the former CEO of McDonald's from 1993-2004.

Featuring photographs and research acquired through field work in over 50 countries, Gary He's new book shows how franchises like McDonald's must a...

28 September 2020 - The Government has at last announced details of its arbitration and mediation funding package aimed at resolving ongoing disput...

When franchises advertise ‘opportunities nationwide’, they mean it. Simon Lord finds good reasons why business buyers should look outside the cities

June 2022 - Recently-retired Dean Madsen shares experiences gained from over 20 years in franchise banking

Beware – some business opportunities may not be all they seem